DEBATES: Locals left out

In this important election season debates are useful ways for people to learn the issues and observe the candidates. It is very disturbing and un-democratic that no debates are scheduled for the local races here in Coeur d’Alene. Why is that? I’ve never lived in a community that avoided debates and deprived citizens of an open, informative forum before making their voting decisions.

SUZANNE MARSHALL

Coeur d’Alene